CVSS 3.0
8.4 highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-3100
kinit in KDE Frameworks before 5.23.0 uses weak permissions (644) for /tmp/xauth-xxx-_y, which allows local users to obtain X11 cookies of other users and consequently capture keystrokes and possibly gain privileges by reading the file.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- kde:kde_frameworks
- opensuse:leap
- opensuse:opensuse